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Additional Notes Flashcards

1
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a marine organisms that has no swim bladder

A

Shark

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2
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this serves as the shark’s swim bladder

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Liver

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3
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a marine organisms that always needs to move

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Shark

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4
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organ for buoyancy

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Swim bladder

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5
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serve as the kidney of a shark

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Rectal gland

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6
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additional gland

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Lorenzini

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7
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false pregnancy

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pseudo

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8
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an egg being able to develop into an embryo without the fertilization with the sperm

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parthenogenesis

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9
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New taxa in zoology

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Lazarus Taxa

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10
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a silicate fish

A

Lazarus Taxa

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11
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biggest shark

A

Megalodon

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12
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they are considered as the highly intellect one

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Greek and Romans

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13
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they were the one being based from

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Greeks and Romans

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14
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Complete name of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck

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15
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he is with Lamarck, he is an anatomist

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Georges Cuvier

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16
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Date of the expedition of the HMS beagle

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December, 1831

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17
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How many years is the HMS beagle expedition

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5 years voyage

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18
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example of a definitive host

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Humans

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19
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example of intermediate host

A

mosquito
(Aedes aegypti)

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20
Q

they are the carrier of dengue

A

Aedes aegypti

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21
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carrier of malaria

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Anopheles spp.

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22
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blood-feeding vertebrate insect’s parasite

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Plasmodium

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23
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a parasite that causes malaria

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Plasmodium

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24
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a unicellular protozoa that causes malaria

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Plasmodium

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25
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group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic

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Protozoa

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26
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the buzzing mosquito

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Culex spp.

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27
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Endotherms

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warm blooded

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28
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Ectotherm

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Cold blooded

29
Q

red tide

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Algal blooms

30
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other abiotic factors

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Tide, current, and waves

31
Q

a substance in the chocolate responsible for increase sexual desire

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Aphrodisiac

32
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subdivision of habitats

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Microhabitats

33
Q

Reasons for aging

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  1. Cellular damage
  2. Mitochondrial damage
  3. Apoptosis
  4. Excess of free radicals
34
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a normal feedback

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Negative feedback

35
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another feedback that makes the situation worst however good for women delivery

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Positive feedback

36
Q

neurotransmitter : cell
__________________ : hormone

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Blood

37
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_________ : cell
_________ : hormone

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Neurotransmitter,
Blood

38
Q

cell to cell communication

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Synapse

39
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electrical —> chemical —> electrical

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Action Potential

40
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AP

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Action Potential

41
Q

2 types of Tetanus

A
  1. Cause by bacteria
  2. Undergo lactic acid
42
Q

a substance that causes a rise in temperature (fever reaction) in human or animal

A

Pyrogen

43
Q

A functional unit of the kidney

A

Nephron

44
Q

an eel-like animals found on the bottom of the ocean that releases a nasty slime when bitten by a predator fish

A

Hagfish

45
Q

decaying eating organism

A

Detritivores

46
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Largest ocean

A

Pacific ocean

47
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2nd largest ocean

A

Atlantic ocean

48
Q

an ocean that still expanding today

A

Atlantic ocean

49
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3rd largest ocean

A

Indian ocean

50
Q

Favorite ocean of traders

A

Indian ocean

51
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Smallest and shallowest ocean

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Arctic ocean

52
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considered as not true ocean

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Antarctic ocean

53
Q

Divides warmer water above it and the colder water below.

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Thermocline

54
Q

Smallest bones in human

A

•Malleus
•Incus
•Stapes

55
Q

He proposed the Continental Drift Theory

A

Alfred Wegener

56
Q

It means “all land”

A

Pangea

57
Q

It means “all sea”

A

Panthalassa

58
Q

Largest island

A

Greenland

59
Q

Sediments formed from remains of once living organisms

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Biogenous sediment

60
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living organisms (animals) that can swim against water currents

A

Nekton

61
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these are plants or animals that drift in the current

A

Planktons

62
Q

it function like a kidney, removing waste materials in simplest freshwater invertebrates and microorganisms

A

Flame cells

63
Q

it thrives both in salt water and freshwater

A

Salmon

64
Q

They reproduce only once in their lifetime

A

Salmon

65
Q

They live in both fresh and salt water

A

Anadromous

66
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Average salinity of a seawater

A

35g/kg or 35 ppt

67
Q

Connection of waters

A

Seapages

68
Q

Largest land-living arthropod

A

Coconut crab

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